Monsanto reveals initial details on dicamba-tolerant crop tech

摘要

AT a Monsanto Roundup Ready 2 Xtend field day in Collinsville, two ithings were abundantly clear: First, glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth is extremely difficult to control. Second, due to the USDA requesting an Environmental Impact Statement, Monsanto's dicamba-tolerant soybean crop technology likely won't be commercially available until 2015 or later, pending regulatory approval. Despite the bitter taste from these two points, there was a bright spot. The Roundup Ready 2 Xtend plots were clean of Palmer amaranth. That's an impressive feat, considering how bad the untreated check plots looked.